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The Transhuman Antihero - Paradoxical Protagonists of Speculative Fiction from Mary Shelley to Richard Morgan (Paperback)
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The Transhuman Antihero - Paradoxical Protagonists of Speculative Fiction from Mary Shelley to Richard Morgan (Paperback)
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Advances in science and technology no longer change how we live,
they determine it. In the not-too-distant future, techno-scientific
developments may make individuals stronger, smarter, healthier and
more productive-but to what end? Addressing this question,
speculative fiction has created an abundance of transhuman
characters, protagonists with extraordinary strength, intelligence
or abilities. Often they are antiheroes, openly rejecting-or
rejected by-society and acting on immoral or extreme principles
that challenge readers to approve, condemn, excuse or explain. This
study explores the antihero of speculative fiction as a paradoxical
blend of human and transhuman. These protagonists illustrate the
dynamics among the individual, techno-scientific development and
societal norms, and blur distinctions between human and machine,
biology and technology, right and wrong. Fictional works covered
include Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1818), Olaf Stapledon's Odd
John (1935), Alfred Bester's The Stars My Destination (1956),
William Gibson's Neuromancer (1986), Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons'
Watchmen (1986-1987), Richard Morgan's Takeshi Kovacs trilogy
(Altered Carbon [2002], Broken Angels [2003] and Woken Furies
[2005]) and Black Man (2008).
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